Bobbin filling carrier



Aug. 25, 1931. O, RENHARDT 1,820,159

BOBBIN FILLING CARRIER Filed Ma f24 1950 f i r I, I

I 2 Il l N i 2 `i| 1 in j Tm 1 il ii im *l M Sill I u HF fi i I I f lNvNToR @Q ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 25, 1931 Y UNITE STATES OTTO REINHARDT,'OF PAWTUCKEI, RHODEISLAND Bonnin FILLING' CARRIER p Application iled May 24,

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bobbin filling carriers used in connection with looms, which carriers support the filling bobbins in posi- 5 tion for ready removal and for placement in the shuttles of the loom.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a series of supports for the bobbins, which supports can be easily and quickly applied to the frame, and which can be easily and quickly removed upon breakage or injury thereto, thereby to permit a new support of the same character to be applied to the frame in place of the broken or injured one.

The invention further aims to provide a device of this character which is of simple and economical construction and which contains a minimum of parts, and further one wherein the supports are rigidly held on the frame, but at the same time can be easily and quickly removed to apply a new support in event of breakage or injury.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of one of the supports;

Figure 4 is a similar view of a modilied form of the invention showing one of the bobbin carriers applied thereto; andl Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the carriers in removed position.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention a substantially rectangular frame l `preferably formed of heavy wire is employed, the frame being of open formation as shown in Figure l. A series of supports or runways 2 are employed which latter extend vertically and are composed of metal blanks or strips havingv bodies 1', the longitudinal side edges of which are bent inwardly to form spaced flanges 3, which latter overlie the bodies l. The ends of the bodies are formed with extensions 4, which latter'preferably have each of their ends extending an equal distance outwardly beyond the flanges 3 as shown in Figure 3. The bobbin carriers are formed of wires or 1930. serial No. 455,310. l

rods 5 having-their lower ends bent into general J or ltil-shape 6 and offset at 7, the J or U-shaped ends being formed to engage with and be held by the flanges 3 against the body l', and with the major portions of the carriers projecting outwardly'beyond the spaces between the flanges 3 so-asto support the bobbins, one of which is vshown at 6 at an incline on the frame. The carriers 5 are arranged in spaced relation as shown in the drawings and are held in such relation by virtue ofthe J- or U-shaped ends of adjacent carriers abutting the offset 7r of the adjacent carrier.

In operation, the carriers 5 are arranged in the runways or supports 2 and the latter are then applied to the frame. in proper position, following which the extensions 4 are bent or curled around the top and bottom of the wire frame l so as to rigidly clamp the r runways or supports to the frame. The rolled or curled adjacent portions l abut as shown in Figure l thereby holding the carriers against movement transversely of the frame. From the foregoing it will be seen that upon any one or more of the carriers becoming broken or injured, same may be removed by rebending the extensions 4, following which a new support can be applied Q as above described.

In Figure 4 of the drawings, a modified form of the invention is shown and wherein the support 2 has an extension 4 which latter projects beyond but one of the flanges 3 which latter correspond to the flanges 3 in the preferred form of the invention. Y

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. In a bobbin filling carrier, a substantially rectangular wire frame, a series of parallel runways each composed of a bendable metal strip having its sides turned inwardly to provide spaced flanges which overlie the body and having its ends provided with extensions, said extensions being bent around the top and bottom of the frame, and a series of bobbin carriers composed of rods having their bases bent intosubstantially U-shape and held by and between the bodies and flanges of the runways, the adjacent bases of adjacent carriers and the adjacent extensions of the adjacent runways being engaged with one another.

2. In a bobbin lling carrier, a substantially rectangular wire frame, a series of parallel runways each composed of a bendable metal strip having its sides turned inwardly to provide spaced flanges which overlie the body and having its ends pro vided with extensions, said extensions being bent around the top and bottom of the frame7 and a series of bobbin carriers having their bases formed with ineans held by and between the bodies and flanges of the runways to support the carriers.

3. In a bobbin filling carrier, aframe, a series oi runways carried by the frame and having inturned spaced flanges, and Wire bobbin carriers having substantially U- shaped bases held by the flanges in the runways and having parts extending outwardly through the spaces between the flanges.

4. In a bobbin filling carrier, a frame, a series of runways carried by the frame and having inturned spaced flanges, and wire bobbin carriers having means held by the flanges in the runways and having parts extending outwardly through the spaces between the flanges.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

OTTO REINHARDT. 

